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Secularists Are Denying Schooling to Christians

By Selwyn Duke

Imagine you apply for a college program, only to be denied entry because you believe in God. And the kicker is how school administrators knew about your faith.

They asked.

1746135_lowThis is precisely what happened to Brandon Jenkins when he applied for the Radiation Therapy Program at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) in Maryland. And now he’s suing in federal court for religious discrimination. Writes OneNewsNow.com:

 

Not long after Jenkins initially applied to CCBC's program as a very strong candidate, he was told by a faculty member that the "field [of radiation therapy] is not the place for religion."

But why — especially after scoring the maximum amount of points possible during his observation and meeting all the standards?

Jenkins later found that his response to a question asked by college officials during the interview process was the culprit. When asked, "What is the most important thing to you?" the Christian candidate simply replied: "My God."

Read the rest here.

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4 responses to “Secularists Are Denying Schooling to Christians”

  1. Dmitry Chernikov Avatar
    Dmitry Chernikov

    Ah! A contradiction within the “leftist agenda.” Some discriminators are better than others. Do you really think your pointing that out will stop the aggressors on private property rights?
    I mean, have more faith in your readers, Selwyn. We are capable of grasping that CCBC had the right to discriminate among its students for any reason, despite the fact that “it receives taxpayer funding”; and also that everyone else has the equal right to discriminate against the homosexuals or blacks or midgets or aliens from A Centauri or indeed, Christians for any reason at all.
    “Justice is not a prize tendered to the good-natured, nor is it to be withheld from the ill-bred.”

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  2. Dmitry Chernikov Avatar
    Dmitry Chernikov

    I mean, just a couple of articles back, you proposed it as a moral principle that “we could participate in a bad system as long as we didn’t vote to perpetuate it.”
    And there is some sense to this: that I drive on government-owned highways does not compromise me as a libertarian. Personal is not political and vice versa.
    Similarly, receiving government funds cannot castrate the college’s powers of choosing its students and accepting or rejecting them for any reason.
    Unless you’ve bought into the notion that it is a “compelling state interest” (or something) to prohibit discrimination at any subsidized organizations.
    But of course you did not! You’re just a fanatical Christian fighting a culture war to the death, hoping to obtain political power and declare it a compelling state interest for everyone to discriminate in favor of Christians.
    Right?

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  3. Selwyn Duke Avatar
    Selwyn Duke

    Dear Mr. Chernikov,
    Thank you for responding. This is a news piece, written, for the most part, as a news piece. It does not fall into the category of “commentary.”
    In the article, all I did was point out that the college’s actions likely placed it in a legally untenable position. And given the system the liberals have visited on us, this is a factual statement. It should not, however, be confused with what I may consider the ideal.
    As for the culture war, I made clear in print a while back that I understood that it was over; what we’re now witnessing is a pacification effort. And that will continue unless something upsets the apple cart (and something very well may).
    As for libertarianism, if you read my essay “The Acceptance Con” with an open mind, you’ll know why it’s a dead-end ideology.
    Dmitry Chernikov — nice Russian name.
    I just can’t help associating it with an angry man banging a shoe.

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  4. Dmitry Chernikov Avatar
    Dmitry Chernikov

    Some more banging, if you are in the mood.
    Universal Anti-Discriminationism

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